Example sentences of "at [adj] [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At eleven she asked Janice , her PA , to set up the flip charts in the conference room . |
| 2 | At 32 he headed Margaret Thatcher 's ideas-factory , the policy unit at Number Ten . |
| 3 | At 53 he edged Waqar low to Inzamam at slip , and the Pakistanis were not easily persuaded that neither umpire could consider it a clean catch . |
| 4 | At thirteen he entered Clare Hall , Cambridge , where he was a brilliant and versatile pupil . |
| 5 | ‘ If there is someone at large who confronts women , then of course we are concerned . |
| 6 | How wonderful that at 62 she won Britain 's speed shooting championships . |
| 7 | For no reason at all she remembered Eve Malone . |
| 8 | At sixteen he discovered girls and decided he did not have a vocation . |
| 9 | In the Champion Hurdle , which he won at 50-1 and in the Sandeman Hurdle at Liverpool , where at 10-1 he gave weight and a beating to some of the best hurdlers in training , Beech Road established himself as an outstanding champion , and although he did not win the Charles Heidsieck Champagne Bula Hurdle on Saturday , he confirmed his position at the top of the tree . |
| 10 | At eleven-fifteen they shook hands with the architect out in the piazza . |
| 11 | of walling at 1/6 he had £20 9s. 8d for slating their roofs , 127 yds. 8 ft. sq . |
| 12 | The third exemption is aimed at those who perform specialist roles within the financial sector , namely jobbers and market makers . |
| 13 | At fifteen she accepted responsibility for bringing up her brothers and sisters . |
| 14 | At seventeen I liked Nescafe , sausages , cooking apples and Camus . |
| 15 | the important lessons they learnt cos at first they thought land reform would enable them to achieve mass mobilization |
| 16 | ‘ At first we tried breeze blocks , ’ Sally explains , ‘ but it very quickly occurred to us that the only way was to do it properly , using original bricks . ’ |
| 17 | ALAN CLARK , former trade minister , saved Henderson from jail by admitting Government knew of sanctions busting although at first he denied approval was given . |
| 18 | At first he believed Hollywood and Broadway to be out of reach , and decided to try his luck in another branch of the industry , radio , centred in nearby Chicago . |
| 19 | At first he treated Lennie as a joke , ordering him around ; as he says , ‘ … a bunch of guys was standing around on the Sacramento River . |
| 20 | At first he collected fossils and flint implements ( hence known in his locality as ‘ mortimers ‘ ) . |
| 21 | At first he regarded crime as a form of rebellion among those who had ‘ courage and passion enough openly to resist society , to reply with declared war upon the bourgeoisie . ’ |
| 22 | At first he tried bribery , sending his agent Megabazos to Sparta to get them to create a diversion in Greece by invading Attica . |
| 23 | At first he claimed Botham had told him to f*** off after being trapped lbw in the second Texaco Trophy contest at the Oval . |
| 24 | At first she thought Angel was coming to her bedroom , and her heart beat wildly with joy . |
| 25 | I think at first she blamed Michael , the first few days . |
| 26 | At first she asked Gabriel to sit there , but just then Mr Boldwood arrived , apologizing for his lateness . |
| 27 | At first I had difficulty in getting Heather 's feeds right , and I went to apologize to him when she cried . |
| 28 | At first I had visions of an OK Corral shoot-out at High Noon between dozens of different security forces who did n't know each other , but in fact we worked it out and there were no serious problems . |
| 29 | ‘ At first I thought art was simply a matter of reproducing what I saw ; but one day I saw a reproduction of Piero della Francesca 's Pietà , and I suddenly realised that there was a huge spiritual element in painting . |
| 30 | We went through all this a couple of years ago with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys and at first I thought Matchbox must be deliberately creating a shortage to whip up demand . |